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LYON LLC

MIG Welder

Location

Watseka, IL

Wage

$18/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on November 2, 2026

Job Description

Overview

A MIG Welder is responsible for welding to join metal parts, requiring skills in blueprint reading, equipment setup, material preparation, and welding quality products together.

Responsibilities

  • Clean, grind, and ensure surfaces are free of contaminants before welding.
  • Adjust amperage, voltage, gas flow, and wire feed speed for optimal welds.
  • Use MIG welding equipment and techniques to join metal parts according to customer order specifications.
  • Check welds for cracks, defects, and porosity to ensure quality and integrity.
  • Ensure welding equipment is clean, well-maintained, and in good working order.
  • Identify and resolve issues with welding equipment and processes.
  • Adhere to all safety protocols.

Requirements

  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints to understand the specifications for welding projects.
  • Communicate with team members and supervisors to ensure projects are completed to specifications.
  • Knowledge of MIG welding processes, blueprint reading, and metal properties.
  • Ability to troubleshoot welding issues and find solutions.
  • Understanding of safety protocols and regulations.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Previous manufacturing and welding experience.
  • Prolonged periods of standing and walking.
  • Ability to lift and move materials, small and large parts, sometimes 50 pounds or more.
  • Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
  • Ability to manipulate tools and equipment accurately.
  • Good hand-eye coordination for operating equipment to make precise welds.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time
  • 1st Shift
  • Monday through Friday
  • Saturdays as scheduled

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Watseka, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 42% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $26–$43/hr across 197 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 1% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Watseka, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Watseka, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 260 other active welding openings from 159 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (16), S&C Electric Company (10), and The Boyd Group LLC (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Elk Grove Village at $40/hr, Chicago at $39/hr, and Bedford Park at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. MIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.